Peter Davies takes a very insightful look at the details of linguistic communication in court, in which the interpreters played an essential but hitherto little-noticed role. With his study, Davies has added a new, important aspect to this already intensively studied trial.

Katharina Stengel, Fritz Bauer Institute, Germany

This book is the first one that focuses on the role of translating and interpreting during the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial. In his rigorous, thorough, insightful, and original exploration of the live recordings of the courtroom testimonies, Peter Davies shows how the mediation of the survivor witness's voice through translators and interpreters not only reflects the latter's professional practices and ethics but also interpersonal relationships between witnesses and their interpreters. Davies demonstrates that translators and interpreters played a crucial role in shaping courtroom testimonies and thus contributed considerably to Holocaust memory and understanding in Germany.'

Beate Müller, Professor Emeritus, Newcastle University, United Kingdom

The Holocaust occurred in dozens of languages, yet Holocaust Studies has only recently begun to fully attend to the dynamics of translation. With his meticulous analysis of the pivotal role of interpreters at a major post-war trial of Holocaust perpetrators, Davies contributes substantially to this burgeoning area of scholarship.

Erin McGlothlin, Gloria M. Goldstein Professor of Holocaust Studies, Washington University in St. Louis, USA